noun [from geography and Shakespeare, 2005] 1. A small forest of words in the great metropolis of Brooklyn 2. A collection of ruminations, photographs, and lists on topics including (but not limited to) books, writing, movies, television, theatre, current events, publishing, food, and nonsense 3. The blog of Cheryl Klein, reader, writer, children's books editor, and busy lady about town

Sunday, March 30, 2014

My Lenten calendar yesterday asked me to tell someone what I am grateful for. Why not you, Internet? The list could go on forever, so I will do one thing for each day of Lent. These are not in order of importance, but in order of my random brain.

1. My sweet husband, for whom I still have a serious case of newlywed mentionitis.

2. Plain chocolate McVitie's.

3. The air traffic control system.

4. The students in my NYU class.

5. My mom.

6. My dad.

7. My sister, who is awesome and always makes me laugh, & her husband and son.

3 comments:

Being more than a little behind on my blog reader, I hadn't read the last four or five of your posts until this morning. Hence, I'd missed all the horrible NZ drama you and your friend have been subjected to. (By the way, my step-daughter *lived* on the Leaky Cauldron between HP books - and huge thanks to your friend for that. It was a magical part of her childhood.)

I rarely, if ever, post on blogs such as yours and other people in the book industry whom I admire. I appreciate your wittiness and willingness to share from afar and the opportunity to learn all that I can from you.

When I read Second Sight I so appreciated your views on writing and editing that ever since I've hoped to one day have the opportunity to work with you. When I hear other writers mentioning their "dream editors" - the name Cheryl Klein comes to my mind. So I just wanted to take a moment to say that while there are some truly messed up people in this world, there are plenty of others that you never hear from that genuinely appreciate your positive outlook and the amazing work you do. Thanks again from all of us who rarely speak up...

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